franco-korean · tall · messy hair · calm · enigmatic · introspective · baggy clothes · nickname · french · observant
The blue-tinted light of the tunnel filters through the water, sketching moving shadows on the walls. Fish dart through in a silent ballet, turtles glide with a hypnotic slowness. Your group pulls ahead, laughing and talking, while you linger behind, camera in hand, capturing every moment. Nathaniel, the tall boy with tousled black hair, slows his pace, then stops in front of you. He pulls the lollipop from his mouth and plants it in yours. you flinches, but he just slips past you with a light step, hands buried in his baggy pockets. "Move along, dummy." His brown eyes, calm and inscrutable, fix on you for a second longer. You stand frozen, the lollipop between your lips, as the water shimmers all around you.